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AmiArcadia - v18.5 | AmiArcadia is a emulator of early game consoles like the PHUNSY, Elektor TV Games Computer, Interton VC 4000, Emerson Arcadia 2001, Central Data 2650 and others. Ami Arcadia is available for the 68k Amiga, Amiga OS4, MorphOS and Windows. Recent changes are: Project/File menu with recent documents list. Help for host gamepads now also shows host mouse. Real-time monitor with graphical paddle axes display. Miscellaneous improvements and bug fixes.

Swarmed - C64 | Swarmed is a new game for the Commodore C64. The game is made by Charles Grey (Iceout) and it is a small game. The size of the game is only 2 kBytes. In the game you must defend your home base, but you will get swarmed if you are not quick enough. The game can be played with a joystick.

ProTracker with sfx | Frank Wille has written an completely new music player based on the original Replayer source code which came with ProTracker 2.3. The player is optimized and has new functions for games: Insert external sound effects, fast master volume, no busy waiting, E8 command for triggers and lots of tables for best performance.

EasyFlash 3 - Firmware | Thomas skoe Giesel has released a new CLPD firmware version for the EasyFlash 3. The EasyFlash 3 is a cartridge for the Commodore C64 with the possibilities of using different cartridge and kernal images. The most recent changes are: Re-enabled AR/RR mode and improved compatibility of KERNAL implementation.

Amiga exe games | The Company is a group Amiga enthusiast from Poland. They make exe versions of Amiga games. You can download a exe file that contains the game and a preconfigured version of WinUAE. The latest additions are: Blockout, Nitro, Bobo, Roadkill and a Bubble Bobble compilation: Bubble Bobble, Rainbow Islands, Parasol Stars: The Story Of Rainbow Islands II.

Karen Davies interview | Karen Davies used to work as an graphical artist for computer games. She worked at Imagine, Denton Designs, Ocean Software, Special FX and Rage. A few examples of games that Karen worked on are: Batman the Caped Crusader, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Hysteria and Short Circuit. You can read the complete interview on the c64.com web page.

RetroWiki - Amiga special | RetroWiki is an Spanish pdf Retro Computer Magazine. In this special edition about the Amiga the following articles: History of the Amiga. Jay Minor. ZX spectrum emulators for the Amiga. Born with an advantage. Hardware and Amiga Basic course. Amiga advertising. Amiga 500 / 1200. The Amiga in the movies or on TV. Amiga games and software.

Commodore C16 long-plays | C16plus4gamer has added more long-plays to his YouTube channel. The following games can now be watched: G-Man (Codemasters), Fire Ant, Harbour Attack (Commodore Business Machines UK), Daley Thompson's Star Events (Ocean Software), Airwolf, kari Warriors (Elite Systems), Ghost Town (ANIROG), Cave Fighter (Bubble Bus Software), Spore, BMX Racers, Pacmania, Formula 1 Simulator (Mastertronic), Robin to the Rescue, Invasion 2000 A.D (Solar Software) and Death Race (Atlantis Software).

WHDLoad | WHDLoad offers a way to play Amiga diskette games from your hard disk. New: Sound and Vision (Rebels), The Keys To Maramon (Mindcraft), Sound Mania 2 (Pussy), Innership (Pussy), Music Disk 1 and 2 (81st Track), Magic Johnson's Basketball (Melbourne House), Music Demo (Deform), Delirium (Deform), Hexadecimal Perfection (Action Direct), Difficult To Cure (Analog) and The Drunk Desert Demo (Paradox). Improved: Double Dragon 2 - The Revenge (Virgin), Pinball Prelude (Effigy) and Virocop (Graftgold).

Lazur vs Boris | Lazur vs Boris is a new 7 image picture show for the Commodore Plus/4. The slide show has pictures from graphical artist Lazur and painter Boris Vallejo. The slide show was created by carrion and IstvanV, and contains adult images and/or text.

Flashtro Amiga | On the web page Flashtro.com you can see many cracker intro’s with your browser. The original intros from the Amiga, Atari-ST, Dreamcast, PC, Playstation etc. are converted to Flash. The most recent flashtro's are: Possessed - Sapce Fight, Possessed - Becker Base, Black Monks - Skidz, Agnotic Front - The Eye of the Dragon, World of Wonders - Turbo, Chryseis - The Legend of Kyrandia, Hoodlum - Caribbean Disaster, Cytax - Ice Intro, Energy - James Pond, Byte Rapers - Sword and the Rose, Bamiga Sector One - BattleTech, Supplex - On the Road, Oracle - Star Command, Avenger - Memorise, Oracle - Mike Reid's Pop Quiz and Razor 1911 - Faces: Tetris III.

Metamerism - Plus4 | Metamerism is a new demo for the Commodore Plus4. The demo is made by the group Bauknecht. The effects used in this demo are: FLI, Texture-mapped Tunnel, Text Zoomer, Plasma, Twister, Chessboard and Shadebobs. The demo was released at the Evoke 2012 party.

Retro Gamer 106 | Retro Gamer is an English paper and pdf magzine. In this edition: Commodore 64's 30th anniversary, Andrew Braybrook maker of the game Uridium, Amiga shareware, Julian Rignall, Tabletop games, Grandstand, Keith Hamilton, Chris Rycroft, PC Engine and Nintendo games that you’ve never played.

Scene World #19 | Scene World is a English diskette magazine for the PAL and NTSC Commodore 64 scene. In this edition of Scene World: Editorial, Feedback from readers, A Tribute to Jack Tramiel, Party Scene: Startpiernik 7, Revision 2012 and Retrovision 2012, Baracuda meeting with H-Bloxx and Nasty Boy, BBS list, C64 on the iPhone, PPOT CD - Home Computer, Interviews with: JSL, Yogibear, Ron and Jeroen Tel, Game news and a review of Soulless.

AmigaRemix | You can listen to new remixes on the AmigaRemix web page. In the last weeks they added the following Amiga music: Steeve.b (PETER W RMX, Psychedelic (1), Chromag - Switchback (Virgill Hively rmx), Colonization (Bonny Morn Remix), Xenon 2 (daXX step 2 dub Remix), Pool Of Radiance Orchestral Remix, Zylon / Fraxion Remix, Samplemixer - Angels Intro Remix, Amberstar #11 - Ode to Schnism, R-Type Title, Wrath Of The Demon Title Remix, Double Dragon - We Are the Dragons and Curse Of The Azure Bonds.

Retro Games Collector - Robby Boey | Retro Games Collector is a web page for retro computer fans. One of the themes of the web page is: Show Us Your Collection. This time you can see the collection of Robby Boey. Robby lives in Belgium and is a nuclear physicist and a self-confessed Commodore geek.

CBM prg Studio v2.5.0 | Arthur Jordison has released a new version of CBM prg Studio. Changes in this version: Addition of PET 2001/4000/9000 computers and a VDC mode for the C128's screen designer. Removed a few small errors in the Screen designer, Basic program auto-complete, Screen editor, RESTORE and the ifdef directive.

Candy Crisis - AROS | Candy Crisis is a combination of an action and an puzzle game. The game has twelve unique stages. Every stage has its own character and you need a different technique for every stage. The AROS version of the game is made by Szilárd Biró and can be played with one or two people.

LOAD #01 | LOAD is a German pdf magazine that is distributed on club meetings. The first edition is now available for download. In this edition: Happy Birthday Commodore C64, Atari: Wie alles began, 30 Jahre ZX Spectrum, Das SEGA Master System, Die Ocean History Der Apple IIGS, Hobby and Elektronik 2011 and much more.

Recorded Amiga Games | The web page Recorded Amiga Games added more long-play Amiga games last month. Now you can watch: Count Duckula II and No sax please - We're Egyptian, Pepe the screwdriver, Vabank, Bolo Mrowkojad, Agent Czesio, Litil Divil, Mr. Tomato, Ruff and Reddy in the Space adventure, Led storm, Munsters, Postman Pat I and III, Sooty and Sweep, Twilight knights, No Exit, Gem stone legend, Horor Zombies, Carver and Stormtrooper.

C64 Take-away podcast #051 | In this podcast you can hear the following music: Johannes Bjerregaard - Shape, Steve Rowlands - Fuzzy Wuzzy, LMan - Shape, Steve Rowlands - Creatures 2, Press Play On Tape - Nonterraqueous, Jammer - Mr. Marvellous, Trace - Way of the Exploding Fist, Hermitsoft - Platoon acoustica, Amok - Maniac Mansion Theme, daXX - Commando and DJ Skitz + Mordi - Trick Bag. There is also news about: 1541 Ultimate II, HVSC, DGA12, Home Computer CD, Jeri Ellsworth, Jack Tramiel, Jeff Minters and the Chipophone.

Worm Wars v8.8 - Amiga | Worm Wars is an advanced Tron / Snake-style arcade game for up to 4 simultaneous players. There are 36 types of creature and 32 types of Power-Up objects. There is also a level editor for making your own levels. New in this version: Two new objects: forwards and backwards and improved sound effects.

The Games-Coffer | On the Games Coffer web page you can find games, demos, animations, slideshows, diskette magazines, history, FAQ, emulators, reviews and advert Scans. The Amiga and C64 games on the web page can be downloaded, because they are public domain games or the developer of the game has given permission for the download.

Tero Heikkinen Interview | You can read an interview with Tero Heikkinen on the Amigapd web page. Tero is the developer of the Amiga game Top Hat Willy. This game is a clone of the Jet Set Willy that was released for many 8-bit computers such as the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 16 en 64, Acorn Electron, MSX etc. In the game you must clean a big house before you can go back to your bedroom.

Commodore Free #63 | A new edition of the English pdf, text, seq, d64, html and Ebook magazine is now available. In this edition the following: Editorial, Readers comments, News: aMiGa=PoWeR, Spike C64 Dislike, Ocean Software Ltd., CHIP c64 special, Icaros Desktop 1.4.3, 8 bit search page, Obligement, HVSC#57, 64JPX, A-EON Technology, ACube Systems, CDTV CDA-2 Prototype Remote, Hollywood Designer 4.0, EasyCLI, Commodore Vegas Expo v8, C64 Base Guitar, Basic 65 Synth, UltimatePPC, RedPower 2, XSIDPLAY2, Jack 3.1.3, P1565 Prototype, Parallelogram C-one demo and Nu, pagadi!. Rediscovering CP/M (4). Reviews: Tower Of Evil, Ikari Warriors, Mr Puniverse, Moon Buggy, Saboteur! and Spike C64 Dislike. Interview with FlimSoft.

ComVex 2012 | The 8th edition of the Commodore Vegas Expo was held on the 28th and 29th of July 2012. You can watch the photos of the meeting on the pdxcug web page. On this show: videos of Jack Tramiel, R.J. Mical, Bil Herd and Rob Clarke, Comet+, Commodore 128 VGA adapter, Metal Dust and Canabalt competitions, Space Spuds!, Lenard Roach, Aptitude, Digimaster 128, PETSCII Animator and more.

Coppa Reloaded - VIC20 | Ronald Körber (Dusty) released a 2012 version of his game Coppa. Coppa Reloaded is a game for the Commodore VIC20 and has now 4 new levels. In the game you must move your space ship across the grid and turn all fields purple. You get points for every field you change to purple but lose points if the field was already purple.

XAMOS | XAMOS is a AMOS BASIC reimplementation for Amiga, Windows, Linux, AROS and MorphOS made by Mequa Innovations. This version is a run-only and does not feature an editor. XAMOS is compatible with almost all programs created with the latest jAMOS editor.

Bil Herd - VCF | At the last Vintage Computer Festival East Bil Herd talked about working for Commodore from just before the departure of Jack Tramiel to the coming of Amiga. The video is split into three parts and is 110 minutes in total.

Retro Asylum Podcast: Rob Hubbard vs Ben Daglish! | The web page Retro Asylum made a podcast about Rob Hubbard and Ben Daglish. The tunes in this podcast are: 720 Degrees, The Last Ninja, Cobra, Death Wish 3, Deflector, Commando, Thing on a spring, One man and his driod, Spellbound and Thunder cats.

Monsters | Monsters is a slide show for the Commodore C64. The graphics: The Skri, Monsters and Nosferatu are made by JSL, the code is written by Stirf and the music is from Agemixer. There are more theme based slideshows planned for the near future.

Grunch v1.37 | Grunch is a software centre, where you can click and search for all the software you need. Grunch is a packet managers which is supported by hundreds of people who manually maintain their system. All that knowledge of installing programs is put into the Grunch system. The program is available for MorphOS, AmigaOS and compatible systems.

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